The progress of science is tremendously disorderly, and the motivations that lead to this progress are tremendously varied, and the reasons why scientists go into science, the personal motivations, are tremendously varied. I have said ... that science is a haven for freaks, that people go into science because they are misfits, and that it is a sheltered place where they can spin their own yarn and have recognition, be tolerated and happy, and have approval for it.
No amount of study of present forms [of life] would permit us to infer [the existence of] dinosaurs - Max Delbruck
No amount of study of present forms [of life] would permit us to infer [the existence of] dinosaurs
- Max Delbruck
The progress of science is tremendously disorderly, and the motivations that lead to this progress are tremendously varied, and the reasons why scien… - Max Delbruck
The progress of science is tremendously disorderly, and the motivations that lead to this progress are tremendously varied, and the reasons why scien…
Molecular genetics, our latest wonder, has taught us to spell out the connectivity of the tree of life in such palpable detail that we may say in pla… - Max Delbruck
Molecular genetics, our latest wonder, has taught us to spell out the connectivity of the tree of life in such palpable detail that we may say in pla…
If you're too sloppy, then you never get reproducible results, then you never get reproducible results, and then you never can draw any conclusions; … - Max Delbruck
If you're too sloppy, then you never get reproducible results, then you never get reproducible results, and then you never can draw any conclusions; …
Any living cell carries with it the experience of a billion years of experimentation by its ancestors. - Max Delbruck
Any living cell carries with it the experience of a billion years of experimentation by its ancestors.
The books of the great scientists are gathering dust on the shelves of learned libraries. And rightly so. The scientist addresses an infinitesimal au… - Max Delbruck
The books of the great scientists are gathering dust on the shelves of learned libraries. And rightly so. The scientist addresses an infinitesimal au…
[Physicists] feel that the field of bacterial viruses is a fine playground for serious children who ask ambitious questions. - Max Delbruck
[Physicists] feel that the field of bacterial viruses is a fine playground for serious children who ask ambitious questions.
A strong feeling of adventure is animating those who are working on bacterial viruses, a feeling that they have a small part in the great drive towar… - Max Delbruck
A strong feeling of adventure is animating those who are working on bacterial viruses, a feeling that they have a small part in the great drive towar…
The particular thing about science is to combine that [the dreams of obtaining power] with a retreat from the world. Other people want to obtain powe… - Max Delbruck
The particular thing about science is to combine that [the dreams of obtaining power] with a retreat from the world. Other people want to obtain powe…
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